Improvement in bale-hoop iron



UNITED STATES PATENT OEETGE.

WILLIAM B. HAYDEN,OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT |N BALE-HooP IRON.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 180, [28, dated July25, 1876; application led June 23, 1876;

To all whom vit may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM B. HAYDEN, of Columbus, in the county ofFranklin and State of' Ohio, have invented a new and usefullmprovementin Bale-Hoop Iron; andI do hereby declare that the following is a full,

clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part ot' this specification, in which-Figure l is a perspective View ot' a piece ol' my improved bale-hoopiron, and Fig. 2 a diagram showing one means for making such iron.

The nature of my invention consists in balehoop iron formed withtransverse strengthening and retainingribs on one of its surfaces; thesaid ribs being ot' metal homogeneous with th'e metal of the bale-hoopiron, and produced,n upon the same simultaneously with the manufactureot' the article by any suitable process, such as rolling or s\vaging.-

To enable others skilled in the art to understand my invention, I willproceed to describe it. f

ln the accompanying drawings, A is the bale-hoop iron, with narrow ribsB produced upon one of its surfaces by means ot' rollers O l), or byother suitable machinery. The ribs are preferably a little shorter thanthe Width ot' the balelloop iron, and they are placed at properdistances apart.

Iron ofthe above description is very useful Q for baling cotton, hay,and other substances,

and the ribs serve,in connection with a proper fastening loop or tie, asretaining devices for preventing the ends of the iron becoming rlhe ribsB are upon the under side ot' the bale-iron when in use upon cotton,hay, or other substances.

The bale-hoop iron may be manufacturedof proper given lengths forspecial uses, or it may be made in long strips and cut bythe user intopieces ot' the desired length.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, i sl The within-described bale-hoop iron, formed withtransverse ribs by swaging the" metal of the hoop-iron on one ot' itsfaces, 'the' said hoop=iron having a continuous unindented 4 surface 011its outer face, substantially 'as described. Witness my hand, in thematter ot' my application for a patent for an improved `balehoop iron,this 20th day of June, 1876.

WILLIAM B. HAYDEN.

Witnesses: V JOHN H. MORTIN, GEO. W. MEEKER.

